MINI bulletin M650117
What it says"AIR BAG warning lamp, CC message 'restraint system' . NHTSA’s full summary ↓
MINI filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Mar 1, 2019, received Nov 5, 2018, about the air bags — 2 documents under this number. It names 8 model years (2016–2019). A service bulletin is not a safety recall: it is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a condition, and whether the work is paid for depends on the warranty in force. Quoting the number at a service desk can save a diagnosis.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communication"AIR BAG WARNING LAMP, CC MESSAGE 'RESTRAINT SYSTEM' . Air bag Warning indicator sporadically illuminates for short intervals when occupants are exiting the front of the vehicle. Check Control messages may be displayed as follows: ""Restraint system driver's side is faulty"" (CC 108) ""Restraint system front passenger is faulty"" (CC 109) ""Functions of air bag, seat belt tensioner and belt force limiter are faulty"" (CC 97) Fault codes may be stored: C95462, driver's seat module (seat position, back rest lock): Communication fault C95463, seat module front passenger (seat position, back rest lock): Communication fault Front seat occupants may sense electrostatic discharge when exiting the seat. Electrostatic discharge disrupts normal communication between seat module and air bag control unit."
Documents filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M650117 | Service bulletin | Mar 1, 2019 | 10159157 | not found |
| M650117 | Service bulletin | Feb 1, 2017 | 10146564 | not found |
The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 8 model years this bulletin names have filed 133 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 6 of them name Air Bags — the same broad component group this bulletin is filed under. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so that means the same area of the vehicle, not necessarily the same fault.
My 2018 Mini Cooper countryman s was involved in a front end collision with another driver who was traveling at approximately 50-60mph. We were traveling approximately 13 MPH at time of impact and the front, knee or side air bag(s) did not deploy. I have a video of the accident as a dash cam was in place at the time of the accident
2018 MINI Cooper · Air Bags · filed with NHTSA Nov 7, 2018 · ODI 11149854
The contact owned a 2017 Mini Clubman. The contact stated while driving at approximately 55 MPH the vehicle in the lane ahead lost control and spun sideways into the path of the contact's vehicle. The contact stated that his vehicle crashed into the driver's door and slightly behind into the cab of the pick up truck.
2017 MINI Clubman · Air Bags · filed with NHTSA Dec 29, 2025 · ODI 11707618
Driver left the roadway to the outside of a curve to the left, sideswiping a telephone pole and spinning at least one time back onto and off the roadway again before coming to rest. Impact to the passenger front wheel, and entire passenger side, without impacting front or rear end of the vehicle.
2017 MINI Cooper · Air Bags · filed with NHTSA Oct 30, 2023 · ODI 11552767
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is MINI M650117 a recall?
No. A service bulletin is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the M650117 repair free?
Not automatically. A service bulletin describes how to diagnose or repair a condition; who pays depends on the warranty in force, any extension, and the dealer. Quoting the number can save a diagnosis either way. Every BMW warranty extension on file lists the ones BMW has filed.
Which vehicles does M650117 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 8 model years: 2017 MINI Clubman, 2019 MINI Cooper, 2018 MINI Cooper, 2017 MINI Cooper, 2016 MINI Cooper, 2018 MINI John Cooper Works and more. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.